8 Disney Villains Reimagined As Kids By Vivianne Dubois

Published 5 years ago

Vivianne Dubois is a character designer, animator and game enthusiast currently working at the Submarine production company in the Netherlands. It’s no surprise that many artists have done various recreations of Disney characters before, but this artist came up with a unique idea you’ve never seen before – Vivianne recreated famous Disney villains as little kids and her illustrations are absolutely adorable!

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Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty

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In an interview with Bored Panda, the artist said she loved drawing since she was little. “However, I only started considering it as a career option when I began to visit art schools, trying to figure out where to go after high school,” said Vivianne. “I had studied 2D animation at the Utrecht School of the Arts and now work as an animator for an upcoming series for Amazon Prime.”

Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmations

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She came up with the idea for this project during her first year in art school. She had just started learning how to draw digitally and only drew fan art.

Ursula from The Little Mermaid

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“I just thought it would be interesting to see how the villains might have acted and looked like when they were just naive little kids while trying to maintain their key personality traits at the same time,” said the artist. “That, and I just liked drawing cute stuff.”

The Evil Queen from Snow White

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Vivianne said she started with Ursula, her favorite character and worked through a list of her other personal favorites. “At first, I wanted to recreate all of the villains but at some point, I just got tired of the project and wanted to move on to other stuff,” said the artist.

The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland

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The artist said that growing up with Disney was one of the reasons why she decided to become an animator.

Mother Gothel from Tangled

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The stepsisters from Cinderella

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One day, this guy just kind of figured - "I spend most of my time on the internet anyway, why not turn it into a profession?" - and he did! Now he not only gets to browse the latest cat videos and fresh memes every day but also shares them with people all over the world, making sure they stay up to date with everything that's trending on the web. Some things that always pique his interest are old technologies, literature and all sorts of odd vintage goodness. So if you find something that's too bizarre not to share, make sure to hit him up!